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− | *''Japanese'': ホリホリ節 ''(hori hori bushi)''
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− | ''Holiholi bushi'' are a group or type of folk songs sung by Japanese plantation workers on sugarcane plantations in early 20th century Hawaii.
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− | One of the most famous such songs might be translated as "My husband cuts the cane stalks / And I trim their leaves / With sweat and tears we both work / for our means."
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− | ==References==
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− | *Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 247.
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− | [[Category:Meiji Period]]
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